Show lift 60 1 blut many utah poultry raisers are ara ca confused n fused fis as to the kind of chicks ito 0 hatch or buy this spring and how they can tell whether they are aie getting a good chick dr lawrence mortis morris utah state extension states first ot of all keep in mind that egg production Is inherited tand and Is passed from parent to offspring through the egg and that when a pullet I 1 Is hatched its laying possibilities have already been determined he advised ifa if her parents were from well selected well bred stock ant the rooster was from a known high egg production hen then the pullet has a good chance of producing a large number ot of eggs when kept under proper conditions it costs money tor for a towner to have hla his flock culled blood tested and to luy buy g good roosters for his flock so do not noi expect quality duality chicks chick s at cute cut throat prices good pullets cost more he continued ed for example it takes about three regularly hatched chicks to produce a mature pullet as one half the chicks aro are bocke rals and some will die and I 1 be culled out the problem Is whether to buy chicks that are selling jor for 18 I 1 cents or those selling sell ing tor for 25 cents co counting three chicks per iper mature e pullet means that orie one or a good pullet will coat about 20 cents more at present egg prices this means the better pullet pulle twill will have to lay less than six more eggs to pay for this added cost chicks of known quality will produce or more eggs each so buy chicks on quality not price dr morris advised five good hens are worth more than I 1 60 poor ones so far he said there Is no sure way known to tell themual the quality ity of chicks at hatching time tut but there are methods in that hat t give a good indication as to chick quality consider these points when buying he advised 1 Is the hatchery carrying on an actual improvement program of lock flock culling cull lag testing gand and using high quality males 2 check with your successful neighbors on the sour coot their chicks high egg production i comes from good breeding breedin g and good management and not by accident 3 get your chicks as near home as possible you may be sur surprised at the tha quality of chicks your loc local al 0 or r nearby Is producing i 4 good chicks can be purchased at reasonable prices 6 5 do not ask how much lauch but how good when asking about this years chicks |